Definition of Exorcisms

1. Noun. (plural of exorcism) ¹

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Definition of Exorcisms

1. exorcism [n] - See also: exorcism

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exorcisms

exorbitancy
exorbitant
exorbitantly
exorbitate
exorbitated
exorbitates
exorbitating
exorcisable
exorcise
exorcised
exorciser
exorcisers
exorcises
exorcising
exorcism
exorcisms (current term)
exorcist
exorcistic
exorcistical
exorcists
exorcizable
exorcize
exorcized
exorcizer
exorcizers
exorcizes
exorcizing
exordia
exordial
exordium

Literary usage of Exorcisms

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White (1896)
"But this is mild, indeed, compared to some later exorcisms, as when the ... Manuals of exorcisms became important—some bulky quartos, others handbooks. ..."

2. British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes (1880)
"The more worldly exorcisms, such as the production of a black- handled ... The more spiritual exorcisms are not less interesting than the others, however. ..."

3. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes by Robert Burton, William Otter (1804)
"8. what exorcisms they prescribe, besides those ordinary means ... You shall find many vain and frivolous superstitious forms of exorcisms a- mong them, ..."

4. In the Forbidden Land: An Account of a Journey Into Tibet, Capture by the by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1898)
"... ABOUT FEVER — EVIL SPIRITS—BLACKSMITH AND DENTIST—exorcisms—SURGICAL OPERATIONS—MASSAGE AND CUPPING —INCURABLE ILLNESSES — DEFORMITIES—DEAFNESS—FITS AND ..."

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